Sudan Media Law Task Force Convenes for First Session

In collaboration with the Khartoum Centre for Human Rights and Environmental Development (KCHRED), ARTICLE 19 held the first meeting of its National Media Law Task Force in Juba, Sudan on Thursday June 21.

The session brought together a number of leading editors to discuss the package of draft laws produced by Future Trends Foundation think tank (FTF) at the request of UNDP-Sudan. The four laws; The Press Law, the Broadcasting Bill, the Public Broadcasting Law and the Access to Information Law have since been presented to parliament and are likely to be adopted in September after the parliament’s summer break.

For more infomation follow this link:
http://www.article19.org/pdfs/press/sudan-media-law.pdf

Welcome to the Khartoum Advocacy Centre

This blog is part of the project “Promoting Freedom of Expression and Civil Society Involvement in Developing Democratic Media Legislation in Sudan”, which is managed by ARTICLE 19 and organised in cooperation with a consortium of Sudanese and international organisations. In addition to ARTICLE 19, the consortium consists of Association for Media Development in South Sudan (AMDISS); International Media Support (IMS); Khartoum Centre for Human Rights and Environmental Development (KCHRED); Norwegian Peoples’ Aid (NPA) and Olof Palme International Centre (OPIC). The project is funded by the European Commission and the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

This site will serve as an e-wing of the Khartoum Advocacy Centre established specifically for the project. The advocacy centre is envisaged to the be the site of ongoing campaigns and efforts seeking to implement and adopt new legislation for freedom of expression and information and of meeting and discussions on such issues as freedom of expression, censorship and media law reform in Sudan. It is our hope this blog will allow more stakeholders, wherever they are, to partake in the discussion.